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Google Inc. is working on plans to start a venture-capital arm, according to some rumors.

The group will be lead by David Drummond, Google’s senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer, according to two of these people.

What’s sure is that Google has hired William Maris, a 33-year entrepreneur who has worked as an investor, to help set up the venture

Google is able to attract attention every time it moves itself.

Interesting “post mortem” article written by the investor of Monitor110:

http://www.informationarbitrage.com/2008/07/monitor110-a-po.html?cid=122921406

I found very interisting Testcrunch article.

In particular when they write: Albert Wenger, a partner at Union Square Ventures, notes that we might be a little bit ahead of ourselves in the hype cycle (see slide), but that the impact of some of the changes we are just now seeing now on the Web will eventually catch up to the hype.

And this phrases:

Each of the presenters outlined some of the themes their venture firms are trying to ride. They all boil down to structural change in one form or another. [...] The structural changes and other shifts that Union Square likes to invest in include:

• The decline of the firm and the rise of one-to-one commerce
• Merging of cyberspace and real space
• Unified identity (across different sites and services)
• Generational shift
• Global growth of the Web
• Mobile

Are you one of those people who find that no matter how hard you try to keep your contact info organized, it always winds up scattered all over? Your dad’s IM handle is on your Mac, while that business lead’s fax number is on your iPhone, and lots of email addresses are in your Gmail address book — except your eye doctor’s, which is the one you really need right now…

We’re happy to tell you that starting today, it’s easier to sync up your contact lists. The Address Book application in Mac OS X 10.5.3 now lets iPhone users sync their Address Book with Google Contacts. To try it, go to the Address Book menu, choose Preferences, and then check Synchronize with Google. It’ll ask for your Google account and password, then automatically update your contacts every time you sync your iPhone.

Before you try syncing, it’s a good idea to back up both your Address Book contacts and Gmail contacts.